There is a tender question God seems to ask each of us, quietly, beneath the noise of our days: How often do you come to Me for the graces I long to give you? Not the graces you feel worthy of, not the ones you think you’ve earned but the ones He pours out simply because He loves.
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Aging has a way of surprising us. Even though we know that our bodies were not made for mortality but for immortality, the slow faltering of bone and joint, memory and mobility, still catches us off guard. We wake one morning to a new ache, a new limitation, a new reminder that we are living far from the Garden we were meant to inhabit. And yet, even here, grace is quietly at work.
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When I was praying with Scripture on the recent memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, one small line stopped me in my tracks: “Jesus entered a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.”
(Luke 10:38)
In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1–16), Jesus tells of a landowner who hires workers throughout the day—some at dawn, some at noon, some just before sunset—and then pays each the same wage. To our modern sensibilities, this feels unjust. Shouldn’t those who bore the heat of the day earn more? Isn’t fairness the bedrock of justice?
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Have you found it as tricky as I have to navigate a meaningful and intimate relationship with God?
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Smitten With Goodness 